Have you been pulling your hair out trying to watch satellite TV on your PC? Several people know it could be performed but are confused on how to do it.
I will offer you my easy and simple recipe for watching satellite TV on your PC. There are just a few steps and it is a cinch on you know how.
Most people still use a normal TV set and a set-top sattelite receiver to watch sattelite TV but it is fast becoming famous to watch satellite TV on your PC. A lot more homes these days are designed with at least one PC and the majority of those pcs are completely capable of showing DVDs, streamed video and sattelite TV.
Free to Air (FTA) satellite broadcasts
Free to air satellite TV broadcasts are transmitted for you to enjoy with out having to pay any more subscription or pay-to-view rates. If you don't live in the united kingdom certainly where you have to purchase a TV licence whatever TV broadcasts you receive.
The vast majority of satellite TV to PC solutions accessible are designed to get FTA broadcasts, which could mean many channels depending on where on the earth you live. If you want to watch premium channels from your satellite TV provider then you'll need a decoder to unscramble the signal. More about that in the article Descrambler - Satellite TV.
What is USB and which type do you need?
The short answer to this is "Make sure you get USB 2" on your PC. Most if not all modern PCs support it so you do not need to worry too much.
USB stands for Universal Serial Bus and comes in two main editions, edition 1 and edition 2. Edition 1 was the first USB standard to be launched and allowed for a lot of peripheral devices to be added to your PC without needing to open the box and do some techy products.
USB 1 or 1.1 was a little slow on the other hand and did not do nicely if used for video applications. It'll not help high definition TV (HDTV) whatsoever.
USB 2 on the other hand has a optimum speed specification of 480 Mbps, which is about 40 times faster than USB 1.1. USB 2 is well acceptable to all kinds of video applications which you might want to use.
What you need to watch satellite TV on your PC
The vast majority of satellite to PC solutions are available for Windows ® only so that is what I am assuming that you'll be using.
PC System specifications:
o Microsoft® Windows® XP
o Microsoft® DirectX9. 0C or later
o Microsoft® Windows® Media Player 9. 0 or later
o P4 2G MHZ CPU or above
o 256MB RAM or above
o VGA card with at least 32MB memory
o Sound card or on board sound chip
o One free USB 2. 0 port
In addition to your PC you'll need the following:
o Digital Satellite Dish & LNB
o USB satellite TV receiver with DVB-S
How to link your USB FTA satellite receiver to your PC.
If you have installed, or had an expert install, your satellite dish and LNB you can link the cable from the dish to your satellite TV receiver. The next thing to do is to install on your PC any software which came with your USB satellite receiver. Just simply follow the set-up guidance supplied with the receiver. If you have done that you could link a USB cable, that is typically supplied with the receiver, in to a free USB 2 port on your PC. Run up the software which you installed and away you go.
That is it. It's real easy to watch satellite TV on your PC!
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